Agenda Packet 3-9-20 Work Session

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Land Use Vision Statement Land use in River Road and Santa Clara supports neighborhood character and local identity, including our long standing agricultural heritage and high value soils. Our neighborhoods are walkable, with a range of housing types affordable to all residents. Abundant shops, services and community spaces are served by a variety of transportation options. Strategic development and revitalization in more urban locations, especially the River Road corridor, helps maintain neighborhood character while meeting our housing and economic needs in a way that is environmentally responsible. Development is well designed, sustainable, and compatible with existing surroundings. Adjacent to the Willamette River greenway, development improves safety, enhances access, and respects ecological functions. Goal 11 Support development that is well designed and economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. 11.1 Effective Public Process: Encourage effective collaboration between developers, public agencies, and neighbors through local land use regulations. 11.1.1 Adopt a new process that requires developers to communicate with the RR or SC at least one month prior to submitting a land use application, preferably during the schematic phase of design, prior to the creation of construction documents. (REVISED) The process shall replace the current Chapter 9.7007 Neighborhood/Applicant Meetings process but shall also include proposed zone changes and Willamette Greenway Permits and remove partitions. (NEW) An application is also exempt if made through a Neighborhood Plan or any other public involvement process. Upon notification of a private development allow a month for the community to respond with concerns and prioritized design recommendations. The developer must respond in their completed application how it responds to concerns are addressed or mitigated in the plan prior to acceptance of the application. 11.1.2 Require public agencies to provide 180 calendar days’ notice to affected Neighborhood Associations before deciding to sell any land parcel within their boundaries (code) 11.1.3 Work collaboratively with government agencies to identify appropriate uses for government owned properties in our neighborhoods with an eye to encouraging desirable uses such as innovative demonstration projects for public-private partnerships to produce innovative housing solutions. (Important but not code) 11.2 Well Designed Built Environment: Promote building design, size, scale and site layout that provide gradual transitions between different uses and scales and incorporates pedestrian scale design through local land use regulations. 11.2.1 Develop and adopt development standards that provide infill and design transitions for defined areas within the neighborhood plan area, such as: CC Agenda - Page 20